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Replying to: boomchek (Dec 29, 2008 11:27 am)
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Replying to: madmanmoo (Dec 30, 2008 6:56 am) In Canada, or at least in BC, you have to pay for the registration and insurance up front. So here it's "Sign and pay for registration/insurance and then drive lease event" Maybe in the US is different. |
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Replying to: madmanmoo (Dec 30, 2008 6:56 am) Usually, all that stuff gets rolled into the lease. |
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Replying to: volvomax (Dec 18, 2008 12:23 pm) 19490 base price 1169.40 sales tax  6% 45.00 documentation fee (maximum allowed by NY) 10.00 inspection 10.00 Interstate transit permit 12.50 NY State Waste Tire fee ? whatever PA charges for plates would be extra 20736.90 new total for car You mentioned the 3rd party title service. The dealer said he intends to use a 3rd party service to get the plates for us. He intends to pass the cost of that service plus the cost of the plates onto us. Shouldnt the cost of using a 3rd party service for any type of processing be covered by the agreed-upon documentation fee? I figured once I agreed to pay this $45 doc fee, I could expect the actual tags, registration, and title transfer costs to be the same as if I walked into a PA DMV office and handled it myself. Since I've put my numbers in this email, I'd like to ask you and anyone else reading about sales tax. The dealer quoted 6% when he should have quoted 7%. Do you think it is necessary to correct this before we close the deal? I'm thinking it doesnt make a difference. I expect that once the title transfer to my home state has been completed, the DMV will come looking for me to pay use tax and at that time they will discover I didnt pay enough up front and I will be asked to pay the other 1%. So I could pay it all now or wait for the DMV to catch the error later and pay the rest at that point, I suppose. |
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Replying to: zwartepiet (Dec 30, 2008 12:05 pm) |
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Replying to: zwartepiet (Dec 30, 2008 12:05 pm) So confirm that the dealership is using the correct sales tax rate for your jurisdiction and correct the dealer. In today's economic crisis, State Departments of Revenue are aggressively perusing shortfalls.
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Replying to: golic (Dec 30, 2008 12:40 pm) I agree, particularly if it involves NY state sales tax. A bigger bunch of thugs you have never seen. I would rather have the FBI, IRS and CIA after me than these goons. This is the same bunch which has pulled stunts such as sending 3 burly agents to the home of an 8 year old to threaten him with jail if he did not collect sales tax on the worms he was selling as bait in his driveway. They also send agents to malls in NJ to record NY licence plates so they can send the owners nasty letters at Christmas time demanding tax on out-of-state purchases. They also call in struggling business owners and tell them "your type of business should be making more money so we want you to pay sales tax on what WE THINK you should be making".  Beware, you are dealing with the devil!
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Replying to: zwartepiet (Dec 30, 2008 12:05 pm) However, most Doc Fees are just air. If the 3rd party title co service fee isn't too much, there is no reason why the selling dealer can't just absorb it. |
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Why not just sell it, even at a substantial loss? Isn't it costing money just sitting there? It's certainly depreciating on the lot. The dealer I'm thinking about is a local Chrysler dealer with 8-10 2007 Chryslers (some Crossfires, Pacificas, PT Cruisers, and a 300) in his used car inventory, but all are listed at less than 10 miles, meaning they're probably new, unsold stock which was handed over to the used car department. (I used to work there as a parts go-fer 15 years ago, and that's what they did with the old stock back then.) It's just odd the dealer hasn't found a way to dump these cars by now. And this is in a major metro area, so it's not like there aren't potential customers around.
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Replying to: mursilis (Jan 06, 2009 12:52 pm) That wait can be a long one as we have one 07 still left over. 
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